energy is cheaper energy, whether you re talking about solar and wind-powered, that s how less expensive than coal and oil. and then ensuring that families across the country have the electric vehicles of the future, those evs, those cars and trucks that will help us lower our greenhouse gas pollution as well. have you personally had a chance to speak to senator joe manchin about his reservations about the climate portions of this bill? no, unfortunately a lot of the negotiation happens in the press, but i ve certainly been in touch with a lot of the many of the senators that are talking with senator manchin, and of course president biden is interacting with senator manchin every day, i believe. do you see that senator manchin might end up seeing your point of view? i certainly hope so.
well, good morning. it is sunday, october 17th. i m ally velshi. will it stay or will it go? that s the question ringing throughout capitol hill this week as democrats negotiate which programs will remain in president biden s ambitious social spending plan and which ones will be sacrificed. it appears that a key climate measure that would help reduce greenhouse gas pollution is on the chopping block. and west virginia senator and so-called moderate democrat joe manchin is the one who put it there. it s a roughly $150 billion policy, known as the clean electricity performance program, which would reward energy companies that transition away from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to clean energy like solar and wind. it would also fine companies that refuse to make that transition. the program could help cut emissions by as much as 50% by
we want stamp them made in america. we want to use them here and export them over there we don t want to just buy and import those products from other countries. this is why when the president says when he hears climate change he thinks about jobs. in addition to that we need to do the things that will reduce greenhouse gas pollution that s why what he has put forward in the two step deal that he is asking congress to pass it s so important and so significant for all regions of the country. bret: you know, you mentioned china. not only the supply chains and the number of fronts but solar panels in particular come from china. and a number of that of those solar panel companies deal with forced labor. so, in order to meet your goals. exactly. bret: are you going to agree to take solar panels from forced labor in china? no. we want to build it here. bret: right, in the short-term you can t, right? we want to build the full supply chain. we build it up right now. one of the reasons
In Colorado Springs we have already experienced our fair share of climate-change-driven natural disasters, from the devastating Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and took